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Bipartisan House bill aims to diversity talent in AI research and development

FedScoop

aims to support a “broad and diverse” interdisciplinary research community for AI innovation through capacity building and partnerships at higher education institutions and other organizations, according to bill text shared with FedScoop. Valerie Foushee, D-N.C., and Frank Lucas, R-Okla.,

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Federal Agencies Celebrate National Whistleblower Day

Whistleblower Network News

July 30 was National Whistleblower Day and a number of federal agencies celebrated the day by highlighting the importance of whistleblowers and educating employees about their whistleblower rights. We hope to see each agency participate this year,” wrotes NWC Executive Director Siri Nelson in the letters.

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What we’re getting wrong about accountability and citizen empowerment

Open Contracting Partnership

I work in anti-corruption, leading an organization that focuses on the education sector in Paraguay. In terms of technology, we developed an app, FOCO , that allows for the national monitoring of Paraguay’s most important fund for education infrastructure, worth about $90 million annually.

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Racial Equity Budgeting: A Powerful Tool to Reduce Inequalities

Inter-American Development Bank

When marginalized communities have access to education, healthcare, and economic opportunities, it can lead to increased economic productivity and growth, benefiting society. Racial disparities exist across various sectors, including education, healthcare, criminal justice, housing, and employment. Second, knowledge is power.

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Overcoming Legacy Infrastructure Through Digital Transformation

FedInsider

Many state and local agencies are looking to get out of their legacy data centers; they don’t have the capacity or resources to support new applications. CART (communication access realtime translation) provides instant accessibility for all participants by delivering the spoken word as a realtime stream of text.

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5G: The Transformation of Defense Networks

FedInsider

CART (communication access realtime translation) provides instant accessibility for all participants by delivering the spoken word as a realtime stream of text. In March of 2011, he departed 7th Marines for the Naval Postgraduate School in Monterey, California after being selected for the Special Education Program.

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B2Gov: Meet the open data bundlers turning binners into winners

Open Contracting Partnership

Participating in public contracting represents a massive opportunity for businesses, but one that many fail to seize. Many companies don’t participate in processes because they have no idea they exist and because the risks are high. They started with a simple idea that is complex to implement in practice. Diegues says.

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